Isn't the original question more along the lines of : "If I'm going to be in D2, then where are the best pulldowns/dropdowns from D1 at?"

So if this is the right question, then the northeast would be the right place to be given the density of D1 kids in that corridor. Avoid the states west of the Mississippi River in the central part of the country. The Southeast is pretty good, too.

Posted by jdno on 10/4/2013 2:52:00 PM (view original):Isn't the original question more along the lines of : "If I'm going to be in D2, then where are the best pulldowns/dropdowns from D1 at?"

So if this is the right question, then the northeast would be the right place to be given the density of D1 kids in that corridor. Avoid the states west of the Mississippi River in the central part of the country. The Southeast is pretty good, too.

Agreed. I've always found the northeast to be a great area to recruit from for a D2 school.